Basil Dignam

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1905-10-24 (74 years old)

Deathday

1979-01-31

Place of Birth

Sheffield, Metropolitan Borough of Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, UK

Basil Dignam

Biography

Basil Dignam (24 October 1905 - 31 January 1979) was an English character actor.

Acting

1958

Corridors of Blood

as Hospital Chairman

1959

Carlton-Browne of the F.O.

as Security Officer

1966

Naked Evil

as Jim Benson

1958

Son of a Stranger

as Dr. Delaney

1957

The Depraved

as Tom Wilton

1967

The Jokers

as David's Bank Manager

1958

The Nice Americans

as Inspector Adams

1963

80,000 Suspects

as Health Officer Boswell

1958

Up the Creek

as Coombes

1962

Seven Seas to Calais

as Sir Francis Walsingham

1964

Ring of Spies

as Second Member at Lords (uncredited)

1960

Suspect

as Dr Childs

1958

1967

The Cuckoo Patrol

as Snodgrass

1961

Victim

as Barrister (uncredited)

1959

I'm All Right Jack

as Minister of Labour

1955

Touch and Go

as Stevens

1957

1958

Further Up the Creek

as Flagship Commander

1961

Gorgo

as Admiral Brooks

1968

Assignment K

as Howlett

1958

Room at the Top

as Priest (uncredited)

1968

Number Ten

as Sebastian Fleming

1960

Sentenced for Life

as Ralph Thompson

1972

I Spy a Stranger

as Mr. Hufson

1955

The Quatermass Xperiment

as Sir Lionel Dean (uncredited)

1962

Lawrence of Arabia

as Cavalry General at Field Briefing (uncredited)

1957

The Counterfeit Plan

as Police Commissioner

1963

Heavens Above!

as Prison Governor

1971

10 Rillington Place

as Member of Medical Board

1974

1956

The Narrowing Circle

as George Pacey

1968

Twisted Nerve

as Doctor

1957

Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst

as Sir Lionel Henry Lamb, British Ambassador to China

1951

Smart Alec

as Defense Attorney

1960

1951

Two on the Tiles

as Ship’s Captain

1959

Sapphire

as Doctor Burgess

1971

A Lizard in a Woman's Skin

as Commissioner McCloud (uncredited)

1966

Where the Spies Are

as Major Harding

1956

Reach for the Sky

as Air Ministry Doctor

1970

The Games

as Sir Harold

1962

Life for Ruth

as Mapleton

1957

Brothers in Law

as Mr. Justice Emery

1961

1949

Maytime in Mayfair

as Commissionaire (uncredited)

1952

Hammer the Toff

as Superintendent

1965

Rotten to the Core

as The General

1955

They Can't Hang Me

as Wing Commander Riddle

1960

A Touch of Larceny

as Lt. Cmdr. Evans at P.R.O. (uncredited)

1956

Port of Escape

as Det. Sgt. Crawford

1951

Appointment with Venus

as R.A.M.C. Captain

1958

Rockets Galore

as R.A.F. Officer (uncredited)

1952

His Excellency

as Security Officer

1958

Carry On Sergeant

as Third Specialist

1964

Master Spy

as Richard Horton

1972

Young Winston

as Joseph Chamberlain

1969

Battle of Britain

as Tactical Records Officer (uncredited)

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